Mikythos the Strategist

Mikythos the Strategist (died 431 BC) was a Greek mercenary during the Peloponnesian War.

Biography
Mikythos was once a Spartan tactician, but he lost his title after pulling his platoon out of a losing battle. Disgraced, he turned to the life of a mercenary where nobody could judge him, and where hopefully nobody would recognize him. In 431 BC, he was hired to hunt down and kill the rival mercenary Kassandra in Corinth, tracking her down to the Acrocorinth. There, she spent over an hour gradually sapping his health through ambushes and poison arrows, and she eventually succeeded in overpowering and killing him.